~~AMAZING~~

As I was trying to think of how to describe the day ...Amazing is the only word I could come up with. We are hanging in there...and JM is nothing short of amazing.
The poor little guy. It was 4 weeks and one day ago that he met us for the first time and now today he is enduring this procedure that I'm not sure I would be tolerating quite as well!
It was a rough morning to say the least. I had to get him up at 5:30 and then he couldn't eat anything. That was confusing enough. We made it to the hospital by 6am, got checked in and waited for the MD's. He had 3 all together. The ENT was to place the tubes in his ears. The plastic surgeon and pediatric Orthodondist to place the appliance that she had made for him. It was all to start at 7AM. Well by 7:40 the MD's had all arrived. Not sure what the hold-up was..but once they got going it didn't take long. By 8:35 it was over. I had to wait till 9:20 or so to see him. Then they came to get me and JM was screaming and not to be consoled. Finally the nurse called the anasthesiologist and she came over. After another dose of Morphine he went back to sleep. THankfully the next time he woke up things started to improve. His O2 sats came up and his pulse slowed a bit. It had been around 200 when he was in all the pain. So at that point they decided we probably would make it home today. After a while in the day surgery center I brought him home about 1:45PM. Thanks to some strong pain meds and a really amazing kid, he actually played a bit this evening with the other 3 kids. He sure came a long was in less than 8 hours.
So now he has this appliance in his mouth. Looks like a bunch of wires and not comfy at all I tell ya...but it should do the trick. I will take him to see the Orthodontist next Monday and the following Tuesday and then he will have his lip fixed and the appliance taken out on the afternoon of the 20th! As I said it is nothing short of AMAZING!
We are so fortunate to have such skilled MD's just 3 miles from our home. The Orthodondist is very specialized and one of few that know how to make this Appliance that JM needed. His upper jaw is so narrow that it needed to be widened before they could fix his lip or palate. That too is AMAZING!
Thanks everyone for the notes and prayers. We could really feel them. I saw the Orthodontist in the hall after the procedure and she said "you must have a lot of people praying for you". Not sure how she knew that ...but I know it was true!
OK I need to get back upstairs, but wanted to let you all know that we are doing OK so far.
Keep the prayers coming. Hopefully JM will continue to increase the amount he is eating and drinking and get some rest tonight!
I will try and keep you updated...All for now!